Hazors
important role in ancient times is reflected in the Bible
and in extra-biblical sources from throughout the Fertile
Crescent covering a period from the second millennium BCE
through the first century CE.

Hazor is the largest tell-site in Israel.
Some of the most controversial problems inbiblical history
directly relate to Hazor. The excavations conducted here
during the 1950s and 60s under the direction of Yigael
Yadin were the main proving ground for the development of
an Israeli “school” of biblical archaeology. Hazor has
become a cornerstone for the chronologies and typologies
of the Bronze and Iron Ages in the region. Renewal of
excavations at the site in the 1990s under the direction
of Amnon Ben-Tor has aroused renewed interest in Hazor,
which remains one of the most important archaeological
sites in Israel.

HAZOR III-IV.
The James A. de Rothschild Expedition at Hazor. An
Account of the Third and Fourth Seasons of Excavation,
1957-1958, A. Ben-Tor (ed.) [divided into two
volumes, Text and Plates, which are sold individually]